5: A Day along the Loire
Ugh, we hat set the alarm for 7, knowing that we wanted to get away early. We made it to breakfast by 8 and after picking up our sandwiches from the boulangerie and loading the bikes on the car we … Read More
Ugh, we hat set the alarm for 7, knowing that we wanted to get away early. We made it to breakfast by 8 and after picking up our sandwiches from the boulangerie and loading the bikes on the car we … Read More
By 10:00 we had loaded the car and were on the road, having enjoyed our last breakfast at Domaine de Sainte Barbe.We arrived in Orleans by 11 and then explored cathedral (fabulous candelabra and beautiful stained glass telling the Joan … Read More
Another lovely breakfast, this time with a loaf of pain au chocolat (yeast bread with chocolate chips!) and a ficelle as the bread items, the rest being the same as the previous day.It was cool and threatening to rain so … Read More
If every day started with a breakfast like this one life would be truly grand! In addition to wonderfully fresh baguette and brioche, there was homemade yoghurt, honey from the farm, homemade jam, fresh squeezed orange juice, a large pot … Read More
We dragged ourselves out of bed at 4:30 and got the last bits of packing and preparation done and managed to drive away promptly at 6:30. We weren’t far past Ulm (about 45 minutes out of Augsburg), and the traffic … Read More
Since Werner had never been to the Loire Valley we decided to make it our 2013 destination. We went about it in a new way – we bought a bike carrier for the car and drove to France. Once there … Read More